https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gwyi3-a22935 This is a revisiting of Episode #14 where we look at the ENTIRE Star Trek Universe through the TV shows, cartoons, and movies.
Category: sci-fi
A Bad Ass Princess
By G.P. Avants They all stand at the edge of a precipice. The remains of a broken Jupiter ship falls taking the wild-card-of-a-pilot, Don West, with it. Miraculously he climbs up the edge of the cliff to the shock of the other survivors. Don shakes off the dust and his pride. He comments…
Star Wars Apology
Hello to the team at Disney, Greetings from a few of us fans who want to drop some positive comments your way. Yes, Disney and Lucas Film have taken some flack and fan friction in the past few months. That’s not what this letter is about. …
Welcome to the Neighborhood & Double Reward Points
By G. P. Avants In the universe of Netflix series, Dark Matter the infamous tiny Blink Drive, which allows a ship to travel anywhere in space instantaneously, has another unexpected use, it can time travel. After a routine test it deposits the crew of the Raza into our time. For our friends from…
Episode #40 Fan-Fiction: Don’t Sweat it, Mr. Buckley (The British are coming! The British are coming!)
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5tyc2-9af184 We made it to our fortieth episode and our fourth fan-fiction piece. This was a little time travel piece for the book Chronolocity. Hope you enjoy a journy into English fandom from across the sea.
#Free Fandom Forever!
By G.P. Avants There has been a great disturbance in the Force and the Star Wars franchise. Have you felt it? The tight knit fandom family feels like it’s unraveling a bit. One thing that I have always loved about the nerd and geek culture has been their united diversity. Visit any con…
Altered Carbon- “A World Without God”
By: John D. Pepe Altered Carbon is a 10-episode series on Netflix, one that I begrudgingly started watching because the one and only TV had been bogarted by my friends during our weekend trip. At first, I did not warm to the dystopian, Blade Runner-isk, sci-fi, but by the end of the second episode I…
Who’s the Brains in this Outfit?
By G. P. Avants Bruce Banner takes a breather. He is one of the four original Avengers that has survived Thanos’ balancing of the universe. He and the cowering Hulk are alone together inside the Hulkbuster having a little heart-to-heart chat. Banner: Okay, big guy. Hulk: What? Banner: It’s time we…
Welcome to the Human Race, Anne Droid
By G.P. Avants Welcome back on board the Raza and the world of Dark Matter. The soften-spoken android, the heart and soul of that vessel, has been upgraded. Her time among humans has changed her status. I think her name Ann Droid is a more fitting title than just a piece of soul less hardware….
Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!
By G.P. Avants I think the old adage, “The third time is the charm”, is true when it comes to the newest incarnation of Irwin Allen’s Lost in Space. Netflix brings us yet another reboot or better yet, reimagined series to propel own personal space voyage. (My only complaint is not having enough time…
“R” You Really Going Where No One Has Gone Before?
By G.P. Avants This piece is one that is really dear to my heart. It is a fan plea, as it were, for the future of the Star Trek universe. If you haven’t heard there is talk about an R rated Star Trek film coming out in the near future. That was the inspiration…
Do Our Lives Matter?
By G. P. Avants My brother Ron steered me into a whole new Sci-Fi universe when he told me about the show Dark Matter. Ron said I would find the stories interesting and the characters very relatable He wasn’t wrong. Right from the start I found this show unique in its own way, yet…
God Among Geeks 